DID YOU KNOW?

• About 10% of the world fish catch is cod.

• Norwegian scientists attract young cod to feeding sites by playing recordings of tuba music underwater.

• The official state fish of Massachusetts is the Cod fish. It has been a symbol of the Commonwealth for more than 200 years.

• Codfish live to an average of 15 years or so, with a record of 27 years old from the 1960s.  You can tell a cod's age from the two white earstones in the skull (otoliths), which have annual growth rings. You really cannot tell the age from their weight, as the rate of growth will vary, depending on the water temperature, population size, food, etc.

CASK CONDITIONED ALES
Cask Ale or “Real Ale” is beer the old fashioned way–unfiltered and naturally carbonated. Schlafly Brewers take one of our traditional style ales and “dry hop” the beer (like adding a tea bag of additional hops) to add extra flavor. The beer is then put into a stainless steel cask with finings to clarify it and is sealed a wooden bung.